The development of flexible electronic devices for use as biosensors, optics or photovoltaic applications is a promising research area. Many common, inexpensive polymers can be processed in large ... read more

Heavy metal pollution in water has been a public concern for decades.Heavy metals, which include lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, zinc, copper,
and nickel, are highly toxic with hidden pollution,
... read more

October 1988: I remember it well. My lab
overlooked the parking lot at Varian Associates. We were expecting a visit from Bill Wham and Ken Halaby, the founders of American Laboratory magazine. read more

Current research and development (R&D) that is focused on efficient energy conversion
and environmental protection technologies relies heavily on advances in the development of new
and improved ... read more

The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more

UHPLC systems take HPLC systems to the next level, and consumers have a number of choices when looking to purchase an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography system. This article discusses ... read more

In an opening plenary, Prof. Barry
Karger of the Barnett Institute of
Chemical and Biological Analysis
concisely defined analytical chemistry as “The science of generating relevant information by ... read more

Fluorescence has proven to be a useful technique for identifying, tracking, and studying molecules of interest in biological specimens. In fact, fluorescence is among the fastest growing microscopy ... read more

The safety of our food supply can no
longer be taken for granted. As the
world changes and populations continue
to grow, so will the responsibility of
organizations to meet the demand for safe ... read more

Amino acid analysis has been used in the food and feed industries to verify and characterize materials and processes. The total amino acid content, as well as the proportions of growth-limiting amino ... read more

In spite of its relative maturity as a group of analytical methods, the field of liquid chromatography continues to evolve with regard to the development of new stationary phases that may provide ... read more

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that is commonly used to provide structural information as well as other chemical metrics such as sample composition ... read more